Comments on: Ray Kurzweil says we’re going to live forever http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-york-times-ray-kurzweil-says-were-going-to-live-forever Accelerating Intelligence Wed, 22 May 2013 19:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: asiwel http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-york-times-ray-kurzweil-says-were-going-to-live-forever/comment-page-1#comment-94485 asiwel Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:47:20 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177889#comment-94485 Am I the only one who was NOT pleased with this NYT interviewer's questions? ..dud, futurist, can you predict the day you will die? What kind of question is that to start an interview off with? What about you and your wife? What would you do if you had a terrible disease? Well, why not start doing that for everybody else now? .... Give me a break. This was a hostile, obnoxious (at best) interview. There are so many wiser, more thoughtful questions to ask. Am I the only one who was NOT pleased with this NYT interviewer’s questions? ..dud, futurist, can you predict the day you will die? What kind of question is that to start an interview off with? What about you and your wife? What would you do if you had a terrible disease? Well, why not start doing that for everybody else now? …. Give me a break. This was a hostile, obnoxious (at best) interview. There are so many wiser, more thoughtful questions to ask.

]]> By: Whittaker http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-york-times-ray-kurzweil-says-were-going-to-live-forever/comment-page-1#comment-93036 Whittaker Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:49:35 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177889#comment-93036 But not exponentially. But not exponentially.

]]> By: henrik yde http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-york-times-ray-kurzweil-says-were-going-to-live-forever/comment-page-1#comment-93006 henrik yde Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:45:37 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177889#comment-93006 Just months ago Kurzweil AI Newsletter featured an article stating people live a bit longer - but NOT with a higher degree of comfort or functionality, but rather less so. Consequently we need to focus on wiping out the same diseases we've been fighting from decades, centuries and millenniums. I suggest scientist focus on A) developing methods to effectively - once and for always - killing any bacteria, virus and fungus - instantly - and B) effective methods for triggering the body's own mechanisms of potential Radical Life Extension (RLE), such as Telomeres extension and continued glandular hormone excretion (testosterone, HGH etc). The more biology is part of the equation - as primary generator of RLE - and the less bots (as anything but delivery mechanisms - of clean up and bio-stimulation) the likelier it seems to me that RLE will work to which ever degree possible. Just months ago Kurzweil AI Newsletter featured an article stating people live a bit longer – but NOT with a higher degree of comfort or functionality, but rather less so. Consequently we need to focus on wiping out the same diseases we’ve been fighting from decades, centuries and millenniums.
I suggest scientist focus on A) developing methods to effectively – once and for always – killing any bacteria, virus and fungus – instantly – and B) effective methods for triggering the body’s own mechanisms of potential Radical Life Extension (RLE), such as Telomeres extension and continued glandular hormone excretion (testosterone, HGH etc).
The more biology is part of the equation – as primary generator of RLE – and the less bots (as anything but delivery mechanisms – of clean up and bio-stimulation) the likelier it seems to me that RLE will work to which ever degree possible.

]]> By: Gare http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-york-times-ray-kurzweil-says-were-going-to-live-forever/comment-page-1#comment-92953 Gare Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:16:27 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177889#comment-92953 From this article, it appears we have accelerated greatly in past 100 years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Life_expectancy_variation_over_time From this article, it appears we have accelerated greatly in past 100 years:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Life_expectancy_variation_over_time

]]> By: Richard M. Garber http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-york-times-ray-kurzweil-says-were-going-to-live-forever/comment-page-1#comment-92890 Richard M. Garber Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:18:13 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177889#comment-92890 Today in 2013, how much time are we adding to our life expectancy each year? How has this number been trending for the past 50 years or so? Today in 2013, how much time are we adding to our life expectancy each year? How has this number been trending for the past 50 years or so?

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